[Prethrombosis in child malnutrition].
Antithrombin III (AT III) and heparin antithrombin assay were estimated in 30 severely malnourished children and 40 normal children. The AT III was found significatively depressed and the heparin antithrombin assay showed a flat curve in the patients, which reflects a prethrombotic pattern in this group of children. Those findings agree with the high incidence of thrombosis reported in childhood malnutrition.
D000990:Antithrombin III / Q000032:analysis*; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*
D000990:Antithrombin III; D006493:Heparin
Pretrombosis en la desnutrición infantil.